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TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE CLASS SIPHONOCLADOPHYCEAE SHAMEEL FROM NORTH-EASTERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN A. ZARINA, MASUD-UL-HASAN* AND MUSTAFA SHAMEEL**
Abstract: Eight species of the coenocytic green algae belonging to the genera
Cladophora, Pithophora, Rhizoclonium and Sphaeroplea
were collected from various freshwater habitats in Kasur, Lahore, Sheikhupura
and Sialkot districts of the Punjab, Attock (NWFP) and Neelum Valley
of Azad Kashmir during January 2004 - April 2005. They were taxonomically
determined and found to belong to the orders Cladophorales and Sphaeropleales.
They have been described for the first time from these areas. Department of Botany, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi-75300, Pakistan Haleema Sheikh Street No. 12, Shahgoharabad, P. O. Baghbanpura, Lahore-54920 Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan |
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